Tuesday, June 10, 2003

Found an old copy of The Sun whilst clearing up. It's from June 13th 1984, headlined 'Willie goes talkies'.

The most noticeable thing is the poor design quality, the useless photographs and the small number of pages. The second most noticeable thing is the editorial;

"The SUN has a warning for the Indian people in Britain. You are well liked. You have made a splendid contribution to the life and culture of this country. You renterprise and initiative in the corner shop are much admired."

I suppose we should just be grateful there's no mention of curry, and that the people of 'Indian people' is not in capital letters. That this patronising and offensive language is no longer used, even by the Sun, must be a good thing.